this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk tonight at ten... and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the prime minister urges people not to lose patience with the lockdown. the uk's prime minister boris he says the uk is at johnson is back in downing street — after his own fight a time of ‘maximum risk‘. against coronavirus — to tell the country now on his first day back at work, after being treated for covid—19, is the moment of maximum risk. he said the priority was to prevent a second outbreak of coronavirus. i ask you to contain your impatience because i believe we are coming i refuse to throw away in now to the end of the first phase all the effort and the sacrifice of this conflict and, of the british people and to risk a second major outbreak in spite of all the suffering, and huge loss of life we have so nearly succeeded. and the overwhelming of the nhs. and for struggling firms, globally, there are now more a new loan scheme is introduced,

than three million confirmed after many complaints cases of coronavirus — about the slowness and the world health organisation says the pandemic of the current one. is "far from over". it's important that we understand, we‘ll be talking to businesses, at this point in time, four months and asking if the new scheme into a global pandemic, a large proportion of the population still remains susceptible. donald trump will brief the united states on updated coronavirus testing guidance later. that's after the white house had previously cancelled the briefing. and we'll have a europe roundup for you — as many countries on the continent begin to ease their lockdown restrictions. welcome to this edition of outside source, i'm lewis vaughan jones. we start with the news that the number of confirmed cases of covid—19 around the world has now gone past three million. that's according to the american—based johns hopkins university coronavirus data base. almost a third of those cases have been in the us — and there have been a similiar number confirmed across europe. the total number of deaths stands at more than 200 and 8,000.

one person to have recovered after contracting the disease is borisjohnson. and today the uk's prime minister was back at work. in his first public appearance since leaving hospital, he warned against lifting the lockdown too quickly. i know it is tough, and i want to get this economy moving as fast as i can but i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the nhs. let's remind you how the prime minister's health has recovered since he was diagnosed with coronavirus a month ago. he first developed mild symptoms, including a continuous cough and a high temperature on march 26th, and so was advised by the chief medical officer to take a test. here you can see the prime minister with the chancellor rushi sunak taking part in a clap for national health service and care staff on march 26th in downing street.

and here you can see him a day later on march 27th announcing on twitter that he'd tested positive for covid—i9. a week later, on april second, this was the prime minister on the steps of number ten clapping again for nhs workers. a few days later on april 5th, he was admitted to st thomas' hospital in central london and spent a week there, including three nights in intensive care. he was given oxygen after suffering breathing difficulties but was not placed on a ventilator. on april 11th, the prime minister used this video appearance to thank nhs staff for saving his life in intensive care. over the last couple of weeks, he's not had any official government work while recovering at his country residence, chequers, although last week he did speak to the queen and president trump. i want to show you a graph of the daily reported deaths from coronavirus in hospitals around the uk. and you can see there's been another drop in number of deaths in the last 2a hours — to 360 — so the trend suggests the uk is coming down from its peak. you can see it's been a bumpy

progress down to where it is now. we'll also need to wait and see what happens over the next few days as the numbers from the weekend tend to be under reported. the total number of confirmed dead from coronavirus is more than 21,000 — a devastating figure that doesn't include deaths in care homes. let's speak to our political correspondent chris mason at westminster. good to see you, we will go back to borisjohnson, what good to see you, we will go back to boris johnson, what kind good to see you, we will go back to borisjohnson, what kind of difference do you think it will make no at all, him coming back into a prominent public facing role now? i think psychologically and symbolically it is a big moment, a national leader returning to work during a pandemic when they have very clearly suffered from it and suffered from it pretty severe cache pretty severely after that time in intensive care after a couple of weeks. but i think also when the leader is back, it is much easier for a government to decide what it

is doing. in his absence, dominic raab first secretary of state was effectively running the show, and there was a template already set down, the existing restrictions, the lockdown and the various deadlines associated with that. the end of the first week of next month is that next deadline. but i think what was quite striking and the prime minister's address this morning, not just seeing him, that was striking in itself, but also getting a sense that yes there is caution, yes, everything will be driven by the data, but there might be the beginning fairly soon of a sense of how things might be able to be relaxed very slowly and very tentatively as it develops beyond government. beyond government i suppose is people out and about to

have been largely across the uk being the lockdown. anecdotally there seems to be a sense that might bea there seems to be a sense that might be a case in some beauty spots and national parks, the yorkshire dales national park, a suggestion from the police that there was a greater number of people heading to some beauty spots, and elsewhere in the uka beauty spots, and elsewhere in the uk a couple of weeks ago prior to the lockdown or at the beginning of the lockdown or at the beginning of the lockdown, there were people driving a considerable distance before taking exercise where the current regulation suggest yes you can drive somewhere for exercise but it should take less time than the exercise, and the suggestion is you should be exercising for around about an hour should be exercising for around aboutan houra should be exercising for around about an hour a day and not much longer than that. the graph suggests

pretty widespread acceptance of and adherence to the rules and when you speak to people in government, they have actually been quite surprised at the extent to which people have stuck to the rules. school attendance for instance much smaller asa attendance for instance much smaller as a percentage than they were anticipating. school is only open for the children of key workers but a good number of those children still being kept away, given how low the percentage is as far as school attendance is concerned. and of course given that the models if you like that were looked at to govern going into lockdown have thrown up some if you like differences between what was modelled and what happened, there is every likelihood that could happen on the way out as well, which throws on more uncertainty, as the government grapples with what it may be able to do in a couple of weeks here in the uk, as far as very, very tentatively using those restrictions goes. we will see how that goes. we will stay in the uk.

nhs doctors have also been warned to look out for a rare but dangerous reaction in children that may be linked to coronavirus infections. for more on that, here's our health editor hugh pym. gps have been alerted that some intensive care units have seen some very sick children with unusual symptoms. multisystem inflammation, a bit like septic shock, and some have also tested positive for coronavirus. health leaders say this isa coronavirus. health leaders say this is a matter of concern but nhs england says they are aware so far of fewer than 20 cases, so they do need to look at this in more detail to see if there is a link. there is no one proved at the moment. the united states is approaching an unwanted milestone, close to confirming one million cases of coronavirus. far more than anywhere else of course, four times as many as the second most affected country, spain, though obviously the us has a far higher population. more than 50,000 people have died from covid—i9, again, a devastating figure but we should point out the rate of death is actually lower than in the worst affected countries in europe.

the debate in the us right now is over when and how to ease the dozens of individual lockdown orders issued by states and cities over recent weeks. businesses have already been allowed to reopen in a number of states, across the south and elsewhere, with colorado and montana among the latest to ease restrictions on monday. in minnesota, some factories and offices have been allowed to re—open. jacob frey is the mayor of minneapolis. well, many of the restrictions still will remain in place, and in minneapolis, as things are getting warmer and our parks are seeing an influx of people, we are actually providing even further restrictions than we previously had. but the right strategy is not an all or nothing approach. the right strategy is to listen to the epidemiologists, it is to listen to the scientists, it is to look at the data and then determine areas where you are able to open safely, with precaution.

meanwhile, further west in california, the authorities say they will step up the enforcement of their lockdown restrictions after the rules were widely ignored in some places over the weekend. this was huntingdon beach in southern california, which is currently experiencing a heatwave. thousands of people there clearly ignoring orders to stay indoors. 0n the east coast, the state of new york is the worst affected, more than 17,000 people have died in new york city alone. the current lockdown there runs for two more weeks. the governor andrew cuomo struck a cautious tone earlier. we all have to be smart about it. as we said, there is no light switch where you flick a switch and everybody goes back to doing what they are doing. we have to take these circumstances into consideration, we have to learn the lessons, move forward and be smart, because if you are not smart, you

will see that infection rate go right back to where it was. let's speak to katty kay. a mixed picture right across the us. yes, so you've got a bunch of states now which are starting the process of reopening, and with mixed results within those states. you saw the beach there in california, people weren't meant to be on those. the beachesin weren't meant to be on those. the beaches in georgia opened, and including —— according to the mayor of one area of beaches, i had record numbers of people coming out, so there is quite a bit of anxiety in those states that have started to reopen. then you've got a state like new york, which is so big and has such different areas to it that the governor cuomo is saying 0k, upstate new york, we can open those bits of the state earlier, it is rural, there are fewer cases. downstate, new york and long island where they have many more cases, that would ta ke have many more cases, that would take a bit longer, so it is this patchwork. i think the key is that

the mayor of minneapolis was referring to data, which is why the press co nfe re nce referring to data, which is why the press conference is going to happen with the president in about an hour's time, meeting with ceos about theissue hour's time, meeting with ceos about the issue of testing. without the testing, the mayor and the governors don't have the data to know whether it is safe to reopen. thanks, katty, we will be back with you in just a minute. president trump is due to hold a press conference within the next hour. earlier, the white house cancelled a briefing by its coronavirus task force that was scheduled to take place around the same time. this of course follows the condemnation of president trump for suggesting in thursday's briefing that his experts explore whether disinfectant could be injected into people to treat coronavirus. larry hogan is governor of the state of maryland — and a republican. he told cbs news it was "critical" the president stuck to the facts. the mixed messaging, i have raised concerns multiple times about conflicting messages. we had hundreds of calls on our hotline in maryland, people asking about injecting or ingesting these disinfectants, which is, you know,

hard to imagine that people thought that was serious, but people actually were thinking about this, "was this something you could do to protect yourself? " caddy is back with us, those extraordinary comments still doing a lot of political damage this week. yes, if it is not chaotic in the white house today, it certainly looks like it is chaotic, because we we re looks like it is chaotic, because we were told this morning that there was going to be a briefing from the task force. then a few hours later we we re task force. then a few hours later we were told the briefing was cancelled, then a few hours after that we were told the briefing was back on again and this time it is going to be the president and the vice president, with ceos talking in the rose garden about this issue of testing and testing capacity. but that back and forth doesn't give you a huge amount of confidence, lewis, does it, that they've got a smooth operation going on in the white house, and i think you're right.

those comments on ingesting disinfectant that caused such a lot of criticism from democrats of course, but also from manufacturers of disinfectants, and also from republicans even, that through the white house of its game and led to the president saying he wasn't going to do any more briefings at all, that this was just a ratings bonanza for what he calls the fake news, so he was going to pull back from doing them. that was over the course of this weekend. it is monday and a briefing is back on again so we will listen to the president what he has to say about testing. i should remind you that one of the very first press conference as we had on the coronavirus back in march, march 13, i remember, was the president and the vice president with the ceos of companies, saying that they were going to have lots of testing in the country, anyone who wanted testing was going to be able to get it. we are now a month and a half after that and that is certainly not the case. not everyone that wants a case can get one here yet. —— get a test. we know the white house are keen to

talk about the economy and trying to kick start it again. is that a message that will go down well with his supporters aren't actually many people across the country? yeah, look, everybody wants some good news on the economy. you've got 22 million americans who have lost theirjobs in the last month. everyone is desperate to have this economy reopen again but people understand the tension between wanting to reopen and the public health risks of that. in fact, if you look at opinion polls of americans, compared to other countries, americans are quite relu cta nt to countries, americans are quite reluctant to open up in a way that they would see as precipitous or u nsafe. they would see as precipitous or unsafe. so that is a dilemma that readers around the world are having to deal with. today, the small business association here went online this morning to try to hand out more money. the newest tranche of 300 billion odd dollars that has been emitted to giving small businesses loans, people who have lost their sources of income. the

website crashed within an hour. that money needs to get dispersed. we may hear the president being asked about that, i imagine, because of the website issues, but they've been telling us that the focus of the press briefing will be on the testing issue. still a problem here. we will bring that press conference, whenever it happens, too you come here on bbc news. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come... we'll get the latest on how the rest of europe is fairing with the coronavirus. including a report from italy, which will start easing its lockdown next week. the issue of ppe — personal protective equipment — remains a burning issue in the uk. here's an update on the situation in wales. as of today, we have provided more than 56 million pieces of ppe to our nhs and to local authorities for onward distribution to all social care settings in wales.

we have provided that from our central stores, and provided it to thousands of places where the nhs operates across wales. ppe to hospital and primary care staff, pharmacies, emergency dental clinics and as far as social care is aware, we are going twice a week to stores for onward distribution to social care settings. this is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. borisjohnson is back at work after recovering from coronavirus. he says now is the moment of maximum risk for the uk. it's seven weeks today since italy locked down, but from next monday,

some restrictions will start to be lifted. let's join ros atkins, who's been looking into this. thanks, lewis. yes, italy is gradually easing its lockdown. from next week, parks, factories and building sites are reopening, and funerals are resuming. schools must wait until september. these are the latest statistics in italy. there are almost 200,000 recorded cases and almost 27,000 deaths. that is the highest recorded toll in europe. but — if there's hope — it's that the number of new cases is at its lowest since 10th march — and and the number of people in intensive care has dropped too. mark lowen is in rome. europe's first lockdown is now set to ease in a week's time. there is a road map to reopening that the prime minister giuseppe conte laid out.

from monday 11th of may, a week from now, take away will be offered at bars and restaurants. they will be able to swing back into action for that service. parks will reopen, people will be able to exercise again outdoors. they will be able to move within their own region, they will be able to visit family and relatives, but wearing masks and no large social gatherings will be allowed. athletes will be able to train again on their own. people will be able to attend funerals again, though there will be a maximum capacity of 15 people at funerals and they will have to wear masks. manufacturing and construction and wholesale companies will be allowed to restart activity, then two weeks after that, the 18th of may is the day that libraries and museums will be allowed to reopen. sports teams will be able to practice on their own again. smaller construction companies also will be allowed to restart and then from the 1st ofjune, well, that is the date planned at the moment for restaurants, bars, cafe is, hairdressers and beauty salons to

reopen. schools, though, will remain shut until september. so this is an attempt by the italian government to tell the people that their sacrifices are paying off. next to germany — it's now compulsory to wear a facemask on public transport and in most shops. here you can see masks being handed out to people using public transport in frankfurt. germany has been following austria, poland and the czech republic in making mask—wearing mandatory. well, germany has reported almost 6,000 deaths — so signiciantly lower than italy, spain, france or the uk. in spain, there have been more than 23,000 confirmed virus—related deaths. but again there is some better news — the number of daily fatalities is falling. and over the weekend, children under 1a were allowed out of their homes for the first time in six weeks. and a further easing on exercise restrictions are coming. here's rich preston.

spain has had one of europe's strictest lockdown is. now those restrictions are easing. 0ver strictest lockdown is. now those restrictions are easing. over the weekend, children under the age of 14 weekend, children under the age of 1a were allowed to leave their homes for the first time in six weeks. they are now allowed out side for an hour a day, but parks remain closed and schools shut. the rate of infections in spain is on the way down. if that continues, the prime minister says restrictions here will be relaxed even more. so you have heard from italy, germany and spain. switzerland is also easing its lockdown. here's imogen foulkes in bern. people here have been only really able to go out and buy essentials, supermarkets, food stores, for the last six weeks, and nothing else. nothing else that we are used to doing in ourdaily nothing else that we are used to

doing in our daily lives. everybody has been working from home. so it's a first tiny step towards easing in switzerland's lockdown, but the government says it is going to take this very gradually. schools will not open until the 11th of may, bigger shops, non—food shops during the eighth, no date for cafe is in restau ra nts, the eighth, no date for cafe is in restaurants, so we will all be looking a little bit longingly towards italy, because it sounds like their bars and restaurants will be open before ours, but of course the borders remain closed. the assault on the health services, the overwhelmed health services, did not quite materialise. next to sweden, where the government is pushing back at the idea that it's not taken the pandemic seriously. as you may well know, there's no official lockdown in sweden but the vast majority of people have been voluntarily social distancing. sweden has a population ofjust over ten million and more than 2,000 reported covid—19 deaths. compare that to denmark and norway, which have populations

roughly half the size — and deaths tolls of 427 and 205 respectively. the swedish government though insists its plans make sense in the long—term. here's the foreign minister. we think that everybody has to be prepared that it could be a long time. that's also why we don't have, for example a lockdown in sweden. we think this is a marathon, it is not a sprinter, so that's why we want people for example to be able to go out, not to be locked in their homes, as long as they keep the social distancing, we think, in sweden, this is the way to keep also the long—term public health. for more on the swedish government's approach, here's maddy savage in stockholm. the fact that swedes can still go out to bars and restaurants has captured global attention in recent weeks, because swedes are living in a very different way to much of the world where there are much stricter

rules and lockdown is in place. swedish ministers have strongly defended the strategy here. they say it is all about long—term voluntary measures that can last, in contrast to what has happened in countries with lockdown is, where people are now trying to figure out a way out of them. the minister for business as it was important to mitigate the effect of the coronavirus on the economy, while at the same time working to prevent the spread of the infection within society. he pointed out that places that weren't encouraging social distancing are being closed down. five restaurants and bars closed here in the swedish capital over the weekend, and he said it was important to note that many places here are also suffering, and some tourist hotspots, demand for hotels and restaurants is down by 90%, and there are worries here about how the economy will be impacted. the strategy here though continues to be debated. while some people think it will help the economy in the long run, there are others that still believe stricter

measures should have been introduced and that could have helped to save more lives. one other thing from sweden — its chief epidemiologist has been featured in a tattoo. this is anders tegnell — he's become the public face of sweden's pandemic fight. well, this man decided to get this done. the tattoo artist said he came up with the idea because he believed in the swedish strategy to minimise disruption to social and economic life. the customer will have many years to reflect on that. lewis, are you tempted? no thanks, notjust at the moment. various celebrities are providing some welcome respite during the pandemic — offering their services as part of a sotheby‘s charity auction to raise funds for refugees. there's the opportunity for a rock star sing—along with sting, and legendary thespian

sir patrick stewart will be teaching one lucky person how to speak like a true shakespearean. that is it, i am lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. hello. it has been so dry for so very long that it is high time we got some rain, and rain is on the way. a fair amount for southern parts of the uk, and i'm sure our gardens will love it, as well as our parks, and let's face it, most of us are stuck at home. now, the rain clouds are visible on the satellite picture, they are coming in from the south. that is tomorrow's rain, and this band of cloud here, that's the weather front that will come our way on wednesday. you can see how over the next few days, one weather system moves across southern parts of the country and this next big area of low pressure swings in front in our direction as well. so the forecast for the coming hours, through the course of the night, we expect the cloud

is thicken across the south. it will start raining almost anywhere from cornwall to the tip of kent there, into the midlands, quite possibly early hours of tuesday morning. not particularly cold here, because we will have the cloud and a bit of a breeze and the rain, so 10 degrees, whereas in scotland where we will have a clear skies overnight, a touch of frost. here is that rain, and the thing about it in the south is that it will be very slow moving, so hanging around in any one place for a considerable amount of time, which means it could be a wash—out in some parts of southern britain, and chilly, too. those temperatures will be suppressed, perhaps nine or 10 degrees in some spots, but different across the lakes, northern ireland, and scotland, you can see here all through the day, bar the odd shower here and there, actually will be mostly clear. then, towards the end of tuesday, that rain should clear away out into the north sea. this is what is happening through tuesday night into wednesday, one weather front moves away and then this big area of low pressure swings in. the difference with this weather front midweek is rather than it

being slow—moving, like tomorrow's rain, on wednesday, the weather front will move through quicker, so in birmingham we might get a couple of hours' worth of rainfall, then behind we have showers coming in as well, but this rain will spread a little bit further north on wednesday, so for example glasgow will get some rain too. then beyond that, it looks as though the weather will remain unsettled, perhaps an indication that things will be turning a little less chilly towards the end of the week there, around 16 in london. that's it, goodbye.

this is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the uk's prime minister boris johnson is back in downing street after his own fight against coronavirus to tell the country now is the moment of maximum risk. i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the nhs. globally there are now more

than 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and the world health 0rganisation says the pandemic is "far from over". it's important that we understand, at this point in time, four months into a global pandemic, a large proportion of the population still remains susceptible. we'll take a look at the situation in el salvador where the president says criminal gangs are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic. and where is kimjong—un? rumours are circulating as north korea's leader hasn't been seen in public for over 2 weeks. welcome. here in the uk one of the most controversial aspect of the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis has been the shortage of vital protective equipment such as gowns and masks for health and care workers. an investigation by bbc panorama has found the government was warned that protective kit was missing from the stockpile last year. ministers have acknowledged a problem and have blamed logistical issues. richard bilton reports.

pandemics are not unexpected. and government has been preparing for year. pandemic flu is very infectious and may make a large numberof infectious and may make a large number of people ill. in may doing that some people may die. this public information film is from 2006. wash your hands thoroughly and often. the government says covid—19 isa often. the government says covid—19 is a different disease with higher hospitalization rates. but the advice of the ppe needed by staff are very advice of the ppe needed by staff are very similar. and to deal with it, you need a stockpile. a sort of kit that's ready to you straightaway. the uk has won and it's distributed from warehouses like this one in derbyshire. but there's a problem with what's being bought. panorama has discovered that just last year the governments own advisers warned that grounds were neededin advisers warned that grounds were needed in the stockpile. but still, none were bought. john ashton is a

former regional director of public help in a critic of the government. there is no excuse for not having adequate stockpiles. you need everything to protect against this kind of virus. it's breathtaking that there were no grounds at all in stock. breathtaking. the government didn't buy any advisers at all. there were no swabs either which makes testing for the virus more difficult. the government didn't buy a single body bag despite the fact there was supposed to be preparing for a pandemic. for weeks the government has been dealing with criticism about stocks of ppe. it says it's delivered a billion items. but government is counting items you might not think of as ppe such as cleaning equipment, waste bags, detergent and paper towels. more than half the items are surgical gloves and in most cases each individual glove is counted rather

than pairs. the second biggest item is plastic aprons. that offer limited protection. when i spoke to doctor there were only for counsel left in his a&e department. so he had to use in apron. the government says it's been working day and night to battle against coronavirus. and to protect our nhs and save lives. that effort would have been easier if the basics had been in the stockpile. let's turn to latin america now and el salvador‘s president says criminal gangs are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic. more than 50 people have been killed in three days of violence in the tiny central american country.

nearly half of the deaths were reported on friday. president nigh yeeb boo kaylay has sent a warning on twitter: "we're going to ensure that the gang members who committed these murders are going to regret that decision their entire lives". he's authorised the police and the army to use lethal force against gangs and he's also informed prison staff to do this. transfer members of rival gangs from their own cells together into a jailhouse. this video was released by the government. there are more than 12—thousand gang members inside el salvador‘s jails. putting rival members together is supposed to limit their ability to plan attacks. here's the security minister, 0hs, igh riss luna. translation: they will not receive sunlight. they will be in total confinement 20 for "24 i was a day in the maximum—security prisons that they are in this country. this was an order from the president. we are complying with that order. el salvador‘s prisons

are overcrowded and social distancing is almost impossible. these pictures are the evidence. the bbc published the work of a photographer who gained rare access inside the jails before the coronavirus outbreak. prisoners are crammed into small cells and poor medical facilities mean a covid—19 outbreak could spread quickly. el salvador is one of the most dangerous places in the world. the statistics are well documented. at its peak — el salvador was reporting more than 17 murders a day and earned the reputation as the murder capital of the world. there's plenty more evidence to back that up. this abc article from 2016 reports one murder every hour in the first three months of the year. in one of its deadliest days, the country recorded 43 deaths. the guardian reports: even in iraq with its civil war, suicide bombings and attacks it couldn't match those statistics. a surge in the murder rate was put down to a breakdown between the government and gangs. when violence is such a part of every day life

a rare day without one killing is a reason for celebration. we spotted this story in the uk's independent last year which reports its first day without a murder for two years. and just eight murder free days in 19 years. the numbers though are going down. last month the murder rate fell to 2.1 murders a day. president nigh yeeb bukelye who took office in june 2019 claims much of the credit for that drop. let's chat to our central america correspondent will grant. so much to pick through there. let's start with this idea that the gangs are takena start with this idea that the gangs are taken a vantage of the coronavirus pandemic to go out and increase killing and continued their criminal activity. is that what is happening? well, certainly if the president is to believed that was the cause of this recent spike in murders we saw this number 22 just

on the past friday. and the reason they put the leaders, the two main ones and the other one, the reason they put them in the same cells, put them under pressure, not a single ray of sunshine every herd there and the clips from the present director is so that the leadership of these gangs can't send messages to the outside world. which apparently, according to people i've been speaking to in el salvador today, that was going on and that's why things were going on outside. that they were perhaps taking advantage of the situation, the different security set up outside. and the fa ct security set up outside. and the fact that there not able to extort businesses and businesses are shattered. they are feeling a lot of pressure as gangs. and it's created this sort of strange and i'll say terrible spike in violence atjust the end of last week. we can see these pictures, extraordinarily cramped conditions. lots of

countries around the world are actually releasing prisoners to try and free up some space. that clearly isn't going to happen here. and so the risk of a spread of covid—19 goes up. yes. i think that's definitely one part of the reason the human rights organisations are aghast at those pictures. you can see why, can't you? men being kind of ferried from cell to cell. all of their head shaved. under very, very questionable human rights situations in el salvador in prisons at the best of time. certainly this is far from the best of time. so, real concern i think from a human rights perspective about what all this means. if you look at the comments on twitter, under the presidents own twitter account or under the twitter account of the head of prisons, it's by and large positive. people in el salvador are tired of the years of violence. the impunity for these

gang members, these leaders, and they applaud the steps. i think that's based on exhaustion of the violence that's involved rather than the fact that it is so questionable in terms of the human rights and them as prisoners. extraordinary story. thanks for that. some good news in new zealand. prime minister, jacinda ardern, says the coronavirus has in effect, been eliminated. the country recorded fewer than 15 hundred cases during the pandemic, with 19 deaths. ms ardern says there's currently no more community transmission of the virus but believes people should still be cautious. so why has new zealand been so successful? dr kate baddock is the chair of the new zealand medical association and gives us her theories. i think the reason that we were so effective and this is that we had an apathetic prime minister and we have apathetic prime minister and we have a believable general of health who was the face of managing the covert

for the country. as i'm sure you're aware, new zealand is not naturally compliant but we've been compelled by the evidence and we've been persuaded by the experts. and then we've been touched by the humanity of our prime minister and so we have complied. we have agreed to do what was asked of us in order to eradicate the virus. and as such have been successful. well let's. lets turn from new zealand to neighbouring australia where the rise in infections has also slowed considerably in recent weeks. on sunday, there were only 16 new cases recorded. much like in new zealand, its government has been praised for its response to the crisis. restrictions are now being eased in some states and some larger outdoor gatherings will be allowed this week. stay with us on outside source, still to come: the leader of north korea, kim jong—un, hasn't been seen in public for more than two weeks, and of course, inevitably rumours are circulating...

we'll go through everything we know. staggering statistics from india. an economic think—tank is reporting that in the past five weeks alone, a record 100 million people have filed for unemployment. india's strict lockdown is the world's largest and was imposed on its 1.3 billion people with just four hours notice. the sudden stay—at—home order left many informal labourers without a job, pushing them deeper into poverty. bbc‘s nitin sree vastava reports. translation: the prime minister has been urging businesses not to lay off their workers but companies insist they cannot survive without help.

this was indias green economy before lockdown. but with unemployment trending many predict a bleak future. the issue will become a getting back to normalcy. rememberwhen 60% of the economy is shut down, to my mind is an economist, i don't understand this concept of unemployment is now 15%, 30%. 60% of the economy is shut down. there's no employment. get it back on track. the government may be doling out free food, cooking gas and money to workers who have lost theirjobs. but it also need to think about the businesses like these. all are closed and many are now on the verge of collapse. but their survival will be crucial in helping the economy

recover after the lockdown. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom you may be aware of the rumours swirling about the health of north korea's leader kimjong un. needless to say, given how hard it is to get any reliable information about north korea, extreme caution is advised on every aspect of this story. ros atkins has been looking into it. thanks lewis. the reporting around the health of kimjong un began in the middle of last week. cnn reported that he was in ‘grave danger‘ after surgery, according to a us official. one msnbc anchor katy tur tweeted that nbc news had spoken

to two us officials who said the north korean leader was brain dead. she then deleted the tweet out of, she said, an abundance of caution. more broadly, the story has maintained momentum. at the weekend, readers of tmz saw this: kim jong—un reportedly dead. so what we can we say with any certainty? first, some good advice from ap‘sjean h lee of ap. she says... ‘no i do not know what's going on with #kimjongun. very few people outside his circle do. while there is often a kernel of truth in rumors about #northkorea, we need to wait for credible sourcing on any reports about his state of health. what sourcing do we have? in the case of nbc and cnn, both have long records of reliably sourced journalism— but we can'tjudge their sources in these cases as they're not named. in the case of tmz, well it references media outlets in china and japan — but says it hasn't

confirmed the reports. so let's look at all the key questions. first — do we know kimjong un is dead? no. definitely not. next — do we know kimjong un had heart surgery? well, we know the south korea—based website daily nk has reported that that had happened based on a single unnamed source. the south korean government has questioned whether the hospital it would carry out heart surgery. translation: i've never heard of kim jong—un's visit there, and since it is a regular health clinic, this is not a place for a medical procedure. next — is north korean media behaving differently? no says bbc monitoring which is watching north korean tv and websites. in fact north korean media is still publishing reports of mr kim sending letters and the like. is there anything different happening in north korea?

here's a spokesperson for the south korea unification ministry again. translation: there is nothing we can confirm on chairman kim jong—un's health, but as the national security council standing committee has said, it confirmed there is no unusual movement in north korea. that stance is still valid. next, does the fact we've not seen or heard from kimjong un mean anything? this is the last time kim jong un was pictured in the state newspaper on april 12, attending a meeting of the politburo the day before. we know he missed high—profile events such as his grandfather kim il—sung's birth anniversary on 15 april and a 12 april session of north korea's parliament which isn't really a parliament, but that's a different story. state media also failed to report a 1k april weapons launch, that would usually dominate coverage had kim been present.

all of which may suggest something is wrong. but remember this is a guy who back in 2014 didn't appear for a0 days, then reappeared, with a cane. and we still don't know what happened then. and listen to this from professor robert kelly. north korean leaders have actually done this kind of thing before. i think on the outside we tend to see that and say what is going on, and partly is because we see so little about what is meaningful behaviour from north korean elites. as i mentioned before, you have trolling or playing with us, north korean leadership figures have missed events and we have said, have they been exiled, liquidated, and then they show up three or four weeks later, so if kim were to pop back up in two or three weeks, that actually wouldn't be that out of the ordinary for north korea. this is sort of what they do. theyjust don't tell us a great deal and they just don't care that we don't know. next, what about the south korean official who said

kim jong un was ‘alive and well‘. our seoul corresponent laura bicker can help us with this. when it comes to the south korean presidential adviser, he has actually gone further. he has said kim jong—un is alive and well and at his resort in one sam. however it is worth noting that his adviser is not a member of the presidential team, and he is not privy to any intelligence briefings. what about the rumour that kim jong un was injured in a missle test? no evidence of that. or that he's quarantined because a bodyguard has covid 19? no evidence on that either. and then we need to look at the chinese angle? over the weekend, reuters cited unnamed sources saying that a team of chinese doctors had travelled to north korea to provide kim with medical assistance. reuters is of course very reliable but even if we could be certain of the story, that in itself only

tells us so much. and if you want to know what the chinese are saying publicly, here you go. translation: i want to say that i don't know the source of the information. i have nothing to offer, in terms of the detailed question you ask. you may also have seen this satellite image, from analysts at 38 north? it shows what analysts think is kimjong un's personal train at a resort that he's known to like. there's speculation he could either be quarantining or recuperating there. but we don't know. in fact after all this do we even know if kim jong unis poorly at all? no we don't. and very few people would know that perhaps fewer than 10. he does lead an unhealthy lifestyle, but so do lots of people who live to be a lot older than him. so how do we assess this? andrei lankov is director of the analysis firm

the korea risk group. i'm very sceptical about reports about his death. judging by behaviour of the top north korea officials. they are not acting as they would act had they known he has died or is just about to die. but then listen to chad o'carroll ceo of korea risk group, when kimjong il died in 2011, there were over two days of silence before north korean state media would tell the world about what happened. during that period of time. nk state media continued as normal, nothing unusual detected on the ground in north korea. the point being — people who study north korea every day aren't sure. and that's a very good guide for all of us unless better and clearer information emerges. there much more background

there much more on the website. there you go, lewis, i did my best to take you through it. thank you very much, extreme caution is the watchword, isn't it? to bring you up—to—date with europe. for some time now the uk government has been coming under pressure to outline a way out of this crisis, some of the loudest voices coming from its own ranks. today borisjohnson said ministers would be saying more over the coming days. so what would it take to lift the lockdown and what have other countries done? our science editor david shukman has been examining the options. week after week, the eerie sight of lockdown, while behind the scenes, governments all over the world desperately try to find a safe way out of it. switzerland has allowed hairdressers to reopen. everyone has to wear a mask. it's a cautious first step. no country is rushing into this. in beijing, secondary schools have started again. there's no sitting close together because all the time there's the risk of the virus striking again. everything about what happens next hinges on the rate of infection, what scientists call the r number. at the height of the outbreak

in the uk, it was about three, meaning anyone infected was passing it onto, on average, three others, so the outbreak was accelerating. since then, restrictions have driven that rate right down to something like 0.7. that's only a rough estimate, but crucially, it's below the level of one. at that point, anyone infected only infects one other person, meaning there's no escalation in the outbreak, but look what happens if you relax the lockdown. suddenly, the rate jumps right back up again, risking a second wave of infections. an essential first move to get out of this is testing for the virus. in germany, teams are out checking who's had the infection and who's got it right now. the aim is to quickly spot new outbreaks, a difficultjob even in countries that have done really well, like new zealand. to succeed, we must hunt down the last few cases of the virus. this is like looking

for a needle in a haystack, and we need your help to finish the job we've started. the next vital move is tracing the contacts of anyone infected. in china, a small army was drafted in to follow up anyone who might have caught the virus. there was a plan for 18,000 people to do the same in the uk. also to use apps to help with the task, and if it all works, it'll make it easier to relax the lockdown. if an app comes along, and it's important the public are part of that because it won't work and be effective unless lots of us use it, and it requires the government to communicate with us and tell us what we need to do to help with this. and if contact tracing finds more infected people, then they'll have to self—isolate. patience may wear thin if this drags on into next year, but the alternative is maintaining the entire national lockdown.

that's it for this addition of outside source. bye — bye. hello. thanks for tuning in to our weather forecast for the next seven to ten days. and some big changes on the way. unlike the last few weeks this week is expected to bring frequent spells of rain. it's also going to be quite a bit cooler and also the pollens levels will be quite a bit low so so perhaps some good news there. the rain clouds will be coming in from a couple of different directions for the next few days. the satellite image shows clouds to the southwest. that's rain for tuesday. this by the front here, that's the weather front that will come our way on wednesday. let's pick up on the first bout of rain. here it is, early hours of tuesday affecting southern parts of the uk. could be quite heavy early in the morning but notice that say the

northern two thirds of the country actually dry, clear and pretty charlie. there will be some sunshine for sure for places like edinburgh. it will stay fine here where in the southis it will stay fine here where in the south is slow moving area of cloud and rain giving a really chilly day to many of the southern towns and cities. not just to many of the southern towns and cities. notjust in the south but also in the midlands. could be around nine or 10 degrees. that was tuesday's wet weather across the south. there is another spell heading our way on wednesday brought by this airof heading our way on wednesday brought by this air of low pressure. by fronts moving across the uk. the difference with this by the front compared to tuesdays will be that rather than a coming in from the south and being slow moving it's actually coming in from the rest pushed by some pretty fresh when that means any town and city should see maybe a couple of hours of rainfall rather than a wash—out of tuesday that were going to have in the south. wednesday it is a weather front that will be moving relatively swiftly across the uk which i was

following in behind. thursday we continue to see that low pressure dominating our weather. there will be showers around. there is another low pressure in the atlantic you can see we are getting a very different weather pattern to. for weeks now it's just been so settled, some calm, incredibly dry. now it's one weather front after the other. thursdays weather forecast, not a wall of water in fact there will be plenty of sunny spells around. they will be hit in the showers. those temperatures in some areas perhaps somewhat lower than the average for the time of the air. friday, a little way off now we can cease some clear whether they are across northern and eastern areas. at showers coming in from the south. in fa ct showers coming in from the south. in fact it does look as though the end of the week will start, end up being pretty shower ready as well. that means with low pressure heading our way the following we can will be also pretty unsettled. again, low

pressure heading our way, by the fronts moving across the country and that spells rain. but it may end up being quite sunny for a time on saturday. still a long way off, these weather fronts tend to be a little bit faster or a little bit slow. suffice it to say there is a by front heading our way. so some rain will be affecting parts of the country on saturday and also on sunday. those temperatures still around 13, 1a degrees. there is an indication that as we head through the first week of may, let's take monday here, the 11th of may for cardiff and for london, you can see those temperatures starting to pick up those temperatures starting to pick up again. generally, from the weather icons you can see that the weather icons you can see that the weather remains on the unsettled 00:58:40,944 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 side. bye—bye.